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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Which strength?

(This motorhome was at camp meeting, and there were people in it. Fortunately there was only a broken leg... could have been more. Photo credits: Arron Johnson.)

Weird title, I know. You'll understand
when I'm done, I hope.

You see, there was a huge storm last
night. I just didn't know how huge. This morning, as we traveled the
hour plus that it takes to get to the northeast Washington camp
meeting, I found out how huge it was. Destruction like I have never
seen, everywhere. But amidst the destruction, I believe the Lord
taught me some valuable lessons, that I hope I will not soon forget!
On our way up the pass, it seemed there were fallen trees everywhere.
As I thought about it, and what the winds must have been like at the
top, I remarked something about how it would likely be worse at the
top. Once I got there though, I sat stunned. There was hardly any
debris at all! And I don't remember a single downed tree. And then
again, when we headed down the other side, the destruction was
evident again. And then it struck me: those trees at the top, were
used to the wind. You see,
they live in windy conditions all the time. They have run their roots
deep, and strengthened every fiber to resist it. On to the next
observation: as we traveled through the valley below, and witnessed
the destruction everywhere, we noticed that the thick forests were
demolished. Where the trees were thinner, they had a much higher
survival rate.

Now, to apply it...

Are you learning
now, to allow God to mold you, shape you, and strengthen you? Are you
living on the mountain with God, or in the valley of sin?

And
are we leaning on others? They'll only come down with you. There may
not always be lot's of friends to lean on, but friend, lean
on Christ!

Well, there are more object lessons, but I'll let you search for
them. In the meantime, I will leave you with a challenge: Lean on
Him. And don't seek comfort and ease. It may, it will, one day, bring
destruction.

Press on...

"The humble, self-denying life of our divine Lord we are to keep constantly in view. And then as we seek to imitate Him, keeping our eye upon the mark of the prize, we can run this race with certainty, knowing that if we do the very best we can we shall certainly secure the prize. . . ."

--In Heavenly Places, pg. 276.

This blog's inspiration...

"The greatest want of the world is the want of men--men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall."